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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Protect Law Enforcement Officers’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §752-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 205, §4, is further amended to read:
 
1.    A person is guilty of assault on an officer if:
 
A. HeThe person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to a law enforcement officer while the officer is in the performance of histhe officer's official duties; or
 
B.  While in custody pursuant to an arrest or pursuant to a court order, the person commits an assault on a corrections officer, corrections supervisor or another member of the staff of an institution while the staff member is performing official duties. As used in this paragraph "assault" means the crime defined in section 207, subsection 1, paragraph A.; or
 
C. The person intentionally or knowingly causes offensive physical contact to a law enforcement officer while the officer is in the performance of the officer's official duties.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is a minority report of the committee, changes the title and amends the bill as follows.
1. It removes from the bill the new Class C crime of recklessly causing offensive physical contact to a law enforcement officer.
2. It retains from the bill the new Class C crime of intentionally or knowingly causing offensive physical contact to a law enforcement officer.
3. It retains from the bill the new Class A or Class B crime of aggravated assault on an officer.